If there is one thing that my parents taught me is never to give up as it serves no purpose. For six years now, I have been writing as an independent author. For me and others, writing isn't considered as a hobby; it 's a lifelong dream to write, to be an author and to make it a career. I have been working since I was a teen starting out as a baby sitter and then became a caregiver. I was still in high school when I started taking care of the elderly in a local nursing home. From the time I was a little girl, I was a nurse, taking care of my dolls. I went to school my junior and senior year to a vocational school and received a certificate for a nursing assistant. When I graduated from high school, I applied to Vocational School to start LPN school. I had no such luck to get in the first round. After 12 years of school, I was kept out because of math and reading comprehension. I ended up going to adult education at night to be able to pass the entrance exam. Wh...